Druggist&#39;s prescription-file.



PATENTED JAN. 23, 1906.

R. B. KING.

DRUGGISTS PRESCRIPTION FILE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2. 1905.

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ROBERT E. KING, OF BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA.

DRUGGISTS PRESCRIPTION-FILE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23, 1 906.

Application filed August 2, 1905. Serial No. 272,406.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT E. KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beaufort, in the county of Carteret and State of North Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Druggists Prescription- Files, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to druggists prescription-files; and its primary object is to provide a novel and highly useful device of this character by means of which prescriptions may be quickly filed numerically for ready reference.

A further object is to provide a prescription-file which is comparatively simple of construction and which may be readily and cheaply manufactured.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter 'fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, where- 111 Figure 1 is a side elevation of a prescription-file constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevational view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detailed front elevation of a fragmentary portion of one form of belt or apron, and Fig. 4 is a similar view of another form of belt or apron.

Referring to the drawings by reference-numerals, 1 designates a base of an area and construction to best adapt it for the purpose.

for which it is intended.

2 designates vertical columns, being provided at their lower ends with horizontallydisposed flanges 3, through the medium of which the columns may be secured upon the base 1. The colulrms 2 are united at their upper ends by means of transverse and'lon= gitudinally-extending bars 4 and 5, respectively. The columns 2 are provided with downwardly and inwardly curved slots 6, the same terminating in bearings for the reception of the projecting ends of shafts 7. Drums 8 are keyed to the shafts 7, whereby they are removably-mounted for rotary movement. The ends of the shafts 7 are squared, as at 9, whereby to permit of the application of crank-handles 9*, by means of which the drums are revolved. Through the virtue of the inwardly and downwardly curvature of the slots 6 all liability of the shafts 7 becoming accidentally disengaged from their bearings is obviated. The drums are mounted in pairs, and a belt or apron 10, of a suitable length and constructed of canvas or other suitable material, has one end secured to one the face of the other drum of the pair, where,

by the revolution of one drum will wind the belt or apron thereon from off of the other drum. Each belt or apron has secured to its front face along its longitudinal center a tape 11 by means of stitches 12, whereby the tape is secured in position to provide pockets for the reception of one or more prescriptions. If it is found preferable, the belt or apron 10 may be provided with a plurality of slits 18 on either side of its longitudinal center, whereby to also provide pockets for the reception of one or more prescriptions.

Inpractice two pairs of drums 8 are journaled upon the columns 2, and each pair has secured thereto, as above described, a belt or apron 10. The greater portion of the belt or apron 10 is wound around the drum of each pair nearer to the operator, and that portion thereof which extends from the under face of the drum just mentioned over to the drum farther removed from the operator is not pro vided with pockets, as this portion of the belt or apron cannot be made further use of. As a prescription is filled it is provided with a number and then inserted in one of the pockets.

is wound on the farther-removed drum of the pair face downward, whereby-prescriptions are hidden from view and whereby they may be more readily preserved. After one belt or apron has been used the drum upon which the belt or apron is wound is removed and placed upon a shelf or othersupport, which shelf or support may be suitably marked to indicate the numbers of the prescriptions upon the drum, after which the remaining drum of the pair is moved into the position which was occupied by the drum just removed and the other drum, provided with an empty belt or apron, is substituted therefor. After this new drum has been inserted in proper position the free end of the belt or.

10 formed to provide bearings 17.

only resorted to when each belt or apron has only been partially used.

The upper edges of the longitudinal braces 5 are formed to provide bearings 14, the same being adapted for the reception of the ends of a shaft 7 carrying what may be termed as" taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, that I provide a druggists prescription-file by means of which prescriptions may be filed in numerical order, by means of which the rescriptions may be referred to readily, an that the drums may be easily and quickly removed from the machine to be filed away and as quickly and easily applied thereto. It is further apparent that the provision made for examining those drums filed away,

together with the manner in which the pre scriptions are applied to the belts or aprons, renders it possible to refer quickly to any prescription, no matter 110w old the same may be. It may be further desirable to use a belt or apron without pockets for the reception of prescriptions, and in this construction of belt or apron the prescriptions may be secured thereto by some adhesive substance.

Changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of construction may be made within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advanta es thereof.

'Having fu 1y described and illustrated my invention, what I claim is 1. In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a pair of drums revolubly mounted, a belt or apron carried by one of said drums and adapted to be wound therefrom upon the other drum, and a tape secured to said belt or apron so as to provide a pocket for the reception of a prescription.

2. In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a pair of drums revolubly mounted, a belt or apron carried by one of said drums and adapted to be wound therefrom u on the other drum, and a tape positioned ongitudinally upon said belt or apron and secured thereto by means of stitches spaced apart to provide a pocket for the reception of a prescription.

3. In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a pair of drums mounted revolubly and movably, and a belt or apron carried by one of said drums and adapted to be wound therefrom upon the other drum, and a tape secured to said belt or apron by means of stitches spaced apart to provide pockets for the reception of rescriptions.

In testimony whereof I a X my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ROBERT E. KING.

Witnesses:

W. L. ARDINGTON, J. P. O. DAVIS. 

